Handle for vessels.



No. 758,590. 'PATENI'BD APR. 26, 1904."

T. W. fORSTER. HANDLE FOR VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.17, 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

TO BUHL STAMPING COMPANY, OF

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HANDLE FO R VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 758,590, dated April 26, 1904.

Application filed November 1'7, 1902. Serial No. 131,631. (No model.)

To all whom, it ncty concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. FoRsrER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigamhave invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Handles for Vessels; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same. reference belng had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to handles for vessels, and has for its object an improved metallic handle intended to be used with any class of movable packing or storing vessels.

It is especially applicable to buckets, tubs, milk-cans, and similar articles of comparatively large size, but still of a size such that they are intended to be and in their common use are frequently moved from one place to another.

The object is to produce a strong durable ponvenient handle.

In the drawlngs, Figure 1 shows the handle tion showing one strut and a portion of the grip part of the handle. This figure shows the handle without an interior support to the strut. 'Fig. 3 shows the strut supported by a bead in the grip part of the handle. Fig, 4: shows the strut supported by an internal tube in the grip part of the handle.

The handle is made of three piecestwo struts 1 and 2 and a grip part 3. In the form shown in Fig. 4: a fourth partthe internal tube tis employed. The parts are made of sheet metal, and the two struts are bent, stamped,and formed to contain a rivetingplate 6 of suitable shape to fit closely against the surface of the vessel to which the handle is to be attached. From the riveting-plate 6 a strut 1 rises, terminating on the end opposite that which has the riveting-plate with a cup-shaped terminal 8, that is substantially round in outline and has the bowl of the cup of slight depth to engage under an inturned flange 9 of the tubular grip part 3. The grip part 3 is tubular, either a perfect tube or a strut.

split tube, generally although not preferably made in the form of a split tube from a sheet of metal bent into tubular form. About onehalf the periphery at each end is trimmed off -v from that part of the grip which is to lie toward the vessel, and the remainder of theperiphery at the end is allowed to remain untrimmed, but is bent back on itself to form an inturned. flange 9. The flange is bent inward after the cup part 8 of the strut 1 has been inserted in the end of the tube. The handle may be strengthened at the point of connection between the grip and the strut by bending a bead 10 in the grip part and resting the bottom of the cup part of the strut against the bead, or similar results may be produced by inserting in the grip part a short internal tube 4, whose ends engage against the bottom of the cup part 8 of the strut. That part of the wall at the end of the grip which lies under or behind the strut is flared outward to engage against the back of the In either form of construction the grip part3 is secured rigidly, or substantially so, to the strut parts 1 and 2. The three forms are equally useful, although the forms shown in Figs. 3 and 4: are apparently the stronger. Nevertheless, when the handle is secured to the vessel by being riveted thereto the form shown in Figs 1 and v2 is sufliciently strong for all practical purposes. The strut is concaved to present a rounded or curved surface inward towardtheliand of the user and offers no sharp edges in any way objectionable.

It will be seen that the bottom of the cup part 8 f0rms a diaphragm across the hollow of the grip part 3 and materially strengthens the same, especially in connection with the curved inturned flange 9, uniting the curved edges of the grip and cup part. It will also be observed that each of the struts is held at the top from outward movement relative to the grip part by the clasping-flange 9 and at the bottom by striking against the lower por' tion of the grip part, which affords a broad contact by reason of the flare formed at this place. Thus the handle is braced and held rigidly against deflection in the direction of the length of the grip part 3. In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the struts are somewhat more firmly braced or fulcrumed by the bead l0 and tube 4, the latter also stiffening the grip part.

What I claim is 1. A handle for vessels consisting of a tubular grip part, a pair of strut parts, the strut parts being provided with cup-shaped cavities, and the grip part being united to the strut parts by turning the ends of the tube in, over the walls of the cup, substantially as described.

2. In a handle for vessels, the combination of a tubular grip part, a strut part provided with a cup-shaped terminal, the grip and strut parts being secured together by inserting the terminal of the strut in the end of the tubular grip and bending the ends of the grip part in to engage the terminal of the strut part, substantially as described.

3. In a handle for vessels, the combination of a tubular grip part, a strut part provided with a terminal adapted to engage in the cavity (if the tube, a strengthening-tube inserted in the grip part, the ends of the grip being turned in to engage the terminal of the strut, substantially as described.

4:. In a handle for vessels, the combination of a tubular grip part, a strut provided with a cup-shaped terminal, the grip and strut parts being secured together by inserting the terminal of the strut in the end of the tubular grip, the strut contacting the lower edge of the end of said grip and bending the upper part of the end of said grip part in to engage the upper part of the terminal of the strut part.

5. In a handle for vessels, the combination of a tubular grip part provided with a bead near its end, a strut provided with a terminal adapted to engage within the grip part, the grip and strut parts being secured together by inserting the terminal of the strut in the end of the tubular part so that it shall bear against said head, and bending the end of said grip part in to engage the terminal of the strut part.

6. In a handle for vessels, the combination of a tubular grip part, a strut part provided with a terminal adapted to engage in the cavity of the tube, a strengthening-tube inserted in the grip part, the terminal of the strut part arranged to come against the end of the strengthening-tube, the end of the grip being turned over to engage the terminal of the strut.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS W. FORSTER.

Witnesses:

D. J. FAHLMAN, JNO. F. BREEN. 

